Class 2

A Showcase of work from from Class 2

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4 days ago
Posted on 10th May 2026 by

David Attenborough is 100

Class 2 had a great day thinking about how David Attenborough has had such an impact on the world we live in now. We watched some clips of his documentaries and carried on our learning during activities time.

  • weighing animals – making estimates and then using the balance scales to find out the weight of the animals.
  • grouping and classifying animals and then making a block graph to show how we had grouped them.
  • creating fact files about animals.
  • pretending we were David Attenborough and making our own documentary.
  • creating a picture of different animals to go on a display of 100 animals for 100 years of David Attenborough.
  • creating ocean plates – thinking about how our use of plastic can impact our oceans.

We also enjoyed a workshop with the Shropshire Wildlife Trust creating a wild flower seed bomb. We are hoping that lots of children plant these at home or somewhere they find suitable and then we will help to improve habits for lots of our worlds tiny creatures!

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Paper sculpture techniques

During our art sessions we have been learning paper sculpture techniques, we explored different ways to make paper 3D and stand out from the page.

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3D shape

Class 2 have been learning about the properties of 3D shape and exploring these using small 3D shapes. They have identified the vertices (corners), the edges and the faces.

 

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Science – investigating the effect of exercise on our heart rate

As part of our science learning this term we took part in a science investigation to see the effects of exercise on our bodies. We learnt how to take our own pulse whilst we were resting for 30 seconds and then took our pulse again when we had been doing exercise, reading etc. After we examined what we noticed about the difference in our pulse.

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Supertato English Talk for Writing Unit

A few weeks ago we were shocked to find some vegetables in our classroom who were being taunted by the Evil Pea. During this Talk For Writing unit we have been writing speech bubbles, thinking of and writing questions and answers for characters in the story, learning the text using a text map and writing our own versions of the story. Children came up with their own villain character (Evil Pizza, Evil ice cream, Evil Broccoli are some examples) and their own super hero character (Super Broccoli, Super Carrot etc). Children used the model text to guide their writing of their own fast pacing story!

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7 days ago
Posted on 07th May 2026 by

Calendar art competition painting

We had a great morning creating some April themed paintings with the Market Drayton arts council volunteers.

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2 weeks ago
Posted on 01st May 2026 by

Year of Reading – April – Reading outside!

2026 is the National Year of Reading. At Hodnet School, we have created a Year of Reading moment for each month and April have children the opportunity to read outside. The weather has been glorious and perfect for enjoying a book in the beautiful grounds of our school!

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3 weeks ago
Posted on 24th Apr 2026 by

Summer term events

The key dates for this term are:

April:

  • Tue 28th – Whole school painting with local artists (MD calendar)

May:

  • Fri 1st – DEAR 3pm (no phones please)
  • Mon 4th – Bank holiday, school closed
  • Fri 8th – David Attenborough Day
  • Mon 11th – Thur 14th – Y6 SATS testing week
  • Mon 18th – Y4 Pentecost Workshop
  • Wed 20th – YR Class assembly 9am, YR parents welcome
  • Fri 22nd – break up for half term.

June:

  • Mon 1st – School re-opens
  • Tue 2nd – YR visit to Shrewsbury Museum
  • Fri 5th – DEAR 3pm (no phones please)
  • Mon 8th – Y1 Phonics screening week
  • Thur 11th – New YR (26/27) parents evening 5.30pm
  • Tue 16th – Y4 trip to Cadbury World
  • Wed 17th – Y1 Class assembly, 9am Y1 parents welcome
  • Wed 17th – Y2 Trip to Chester Zoo
  • Thur 18th – Y5 Taster day to Thomas Adams School
  • Fri 19th – Father’s Day lunch & Sports Day afternoon
  • Mon 22nd – Armed forces week TBC
  • Thur 25th – New YR intake in school 9-11am
  • Fri 26th – Y5&6 London visit
  • Mon 29th & Tue 30th – Y6 move up day to Grove School
  • Mon 29th – Wed 1st – Y6 move up day to SJT
  • Tue 30th – Local governing body meeting
  • Tue 30th – New YR intake in school 1.15-3.15

July:

  • Fri 3rd – DEAR 3pm (no phones please)
  • Mon 6th & Tue 7th – Y6 move up day to Thomas Adams School
  • Mon 6th & Tue 7th –  Move up sessions for each class
  • Tue 7th – New YR intake in all day. KS1 full day move up.
  • Wed 8th – Y1 Art trip to Shrewsbury Museum
  • Mon 13th – Y6 church retreat day
  • Wed 15th – Y3 Egyptian workshop
  • Thur 16th – Church service, 2pm at St Luke’s, Hodnet
  • Fri 17th – End of year reports out to parents
  • Mon 20th – Rock Steady concert
  • Mon 20th – Optional drop in parents evening
  • Mon 20th – Y6 play at 6.30pm
  • Tue 21st – Y6 end of term trip
  • Wed 22nd – Leavers assembly 9am
  • Wed 22nd – School closes for summer. Reopening on Wed 2nd Sept.
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1 month ago
Posted on 02nd Apr 2026 by

Learning about money

We have recently been learning about money in maths, we used coins to work out how we would pay for different items in a pretend shop and then progressed and learnt how to give the correct change from £1. We learnt that £1 is the same as 100p and so used the number line method to subtract the amount we were paying from 100.

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1 month ago
Posted on 02nd Apr 2026 by

Easter artwork

In order to create part of our Easter cards we practised the art skill of colour mixing, specifically creating different tints. We then used the colours we had made to create a beautiful egg for our cards.